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Bamboo drum (pinyin: Zhú gǔ), also known as bamboo drum, rising drum. Wa, Blang, Dai, Han and other nationalities play the membrane-sounding instruments. In the Awa Mountains in the southwestern border of the motherland, almost every household has bamboo drums for children to play and entertain. Widely popular in Cangyuan, Gengma, Ximeng, Menglian, Lancang, Dehong and other places in Yunnan Province.

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  • Pinyin:Zhú gǔ
  • alias:Bamboo drum, ascending drum
  • nationality:Wa, Brown, Dai, Han, etc.
  • category:Membrane musical instrument
history
Bamboo drums have been used as musical instruments since the Zhou Dynasty. In the Zhou Dynasty, there were eight tones, and the bamboo drum was the leader of the group. The cultural connotation of the bamboo drum was broad and profound. The vulgar can be the gongs and drums of folk celebration, and the elegant can enter the temple for sacrifice and the court banquet.
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When playing, the player can either stand the bamboo drum on the ground and hit the drum surface with a short wooden chisel in both hands, or hold the bamboo drum around his waist with his left hand, with the drum facing forward, and play with the right hand.
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The drum body is made of bamboo and is made of a three-section dragon bamboo tube with a length of about 100 cm and a diameter of 10 cm to 11.5 cm.
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